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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 03, 1955

Page

11

Hartselle Happenings in Local Notes

Hartselle residents aid tornado victims with meals for cleanup crews at McKendree and Lebanon. Chamber Merchants Committee solicits funds. Visitation Day at Hartselle Cemetery held despite freeze. First Christian Church forms pupil committee to secure a new pastor after Rev. Joe Bennett’s departure. Booklovers Club and Conservation Week events noted with speakers and refreshments. Rainbow Garden Club and Wesleyan Service Guild activities announced with upcoming projects and officers.

Hartselle McKendree Lebanon Merchants Committee Chamber of Commerce Towntown First Christian Church Joe Bennett Clarksville Ind Butler University Cooper McClanahan W. H. Evans E. A. Oden William E. Smith Booklovers Club E. L. Drinkard, Jr Edwards Elizabeth Dodson T. E. Kimbrough Robert Street Ray Howell John Horton Rainbow Garden Club East Main Street Recreation Park Claude Lavender Guy Roberts Harold McClanahan, Jr Robert Stephenson

May Sun Produces Flowers Amid Guilt and Quests

Ambitious May piece notes sunlit hours and blooms while a narrator wrestles with guilt. A hospital clinic scene reveals a fractured jaw as a patient admits being struck by an object, described in evasive terms before naming a “gentleman friend.”

Love and Loss Through a Sleepless Romance

A fragmented verse on marriage, midlife romance ending in heartbreak as a son’s heartbreak echoes a man’s failed love. The narrative traces a father’s empathy, a son’s withdrawal, and lingering regrets across years with references to rings, town, and changing vows.

Peggy Love Karl Flaster Alice Betty Violet

Daily Cross Across Clue Solve The Long List

A reader puzzle featuring a two column cross answer list with clues covering enviously to hugeness measures. Solver fills entries such as Wish for enviously and Hugeness measures, with other definitions like The last king of Troy and A public.

Troy

Enon Baptist Church to Start Study Course

Dr W T Edwards starts a study course at Enon Baptist Church on May 4 through May 8. Everyone is cordially invited to attend. The church sits 18 miles west of Athens, Virginia Wright, spokesman for the church, said.

W. T. Edwards Enon Baptist Church Athens States Virginia Wright

Pulpit Collapses During Easter Sermon

A young minister delivered a sermon titled Behold I Come when the pulpit failed under his weight. He tried to recall the opening words but his mind went blank as the congregation watched the collapse unfold and the service paused.

Mental Health Advocate Urges Alabama Progress At Rotary

Miss Frances Nungester spoke to the Decatur Rotary Club on the mental health needs of Alabama. She outlined four aims of the Alabama Mental Health Association, warned that emotional illness fills many hospital beds and... One of every 12 children born faces mental health concerns unless action is taken. The group seeks 150000 dollars in the current drive with Morgan County quota set at 2500 dollars.

Frances Nungester Decatur Rotary Club Miss Nungester Alabama Mental Health Association Alabama C. S. Hagerman Nungester Aigahos Alabama Association For Mental Health Morgan County Cap” Hunter Bill Wilder Frank Godwin Ira Schmidt H. W. Pearce Fred Trimble Perry James Athens J. W. Newman Sheffield Harold Wilde Dwight Beeson Huntsville Guntersville Lake

Quip Causes Laugh in Lebanese Patrol Scene

In Lebanon Indiana a young minister apologizes after a mishap with a wife of an elder. The elderly woman responds with grace noting she should have been ready after three warnings. Park Quick is identified as a nan patrol man in Lebanon.

Park Quick Nan Lebanon Ind P. R. Roes Indianapolis

Witty quotes on marriage and giving

A collection of aphorisms contrasting optimistic and pessimistic views on marriage. One line jokes about returning favors and family, noting February and August timing, and a quip about three rings representing engagement wedding and suffering.

Tide Finance Co Loans On Signature Auto Or Furniture

Tide Finance Co advertises loans of ten dollars or more with signature, auto, or furniture as collateral. Located on 2nd Avenue near Walgreen Agency Drugs, phone 2587.

Tide Finance CO 2Nd Ave Walgreen Agency Drugs

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